Raymond "Ray" Johnson
Cropped image included with student application. Courtesy of Western Regional Archives
Untitled (Seven Black Feet with Eyelashes), by Ray Johnson, 1982–1991, Honolulu Museum of Art
FOCUS
Art/ Design/ Craft
ROLE
Student
ATTENDANCE
1945 - 1948
BIRTH
1927-10-16
Detroit, MI
DEATH
1995-01-13
Long Island, New York
Ray applied to Black Mountain College Summer Art Institute 1945 and stayed on as a full time student.
The Ray Johnson Estate has a great biography and many resources for his artworks.
Courses Taken
Art Institute 1945: Sculpture with Zadkine, Color with Albers, Design with Albers, and Woodworking with Gregory.
Fall 1945: Drawing with Albers, Painting with Albers, Principles of Writing with Merrick.
Summer Art Institute 1946- Color with Albers, Design with Albers, and Painting with Varda.
Fall 1946: Painting with Bolotowsky, Weaving with Mayer, Work Program, and Introductory Chemistry with Hansgirg
Spring 1947: Medieval Culture with Levi, Drawing with Bolotowsky, Philosophy with Dehn, Painting with Bolotowsky, and Introduction to Music with Schlesinger.
Fall 1947: Weaving with Guermonprez, French with Goldowsky, Mathematics with Dehn, Chorus with Schlesinger.
Spring 1948: Design with Albers
Summer 1948: Beethoven with Bodky, Keyboard Music with Bodky, Graphic Design with Ames, and Photography with Newhall
